Patents by Inventor William D. French, JR.

William D. French, JR. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10481628
    Abstract: Power consumption is sensed for individual subsystems of an agricultural machine. Visual indicia are generated, that are indicative of the sensed power consumption, for each individual subsystem. A user interface mechanism is controlled to display the visual indicia, indicating power consumption of the individual subsystems on the harvesting machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventor: William D. French, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10281905
    Abstract: In an agricultural machine, sensor signal variability is identified, over a period of time. A control system deadband is identified, based upon the sensor signal variability. A control system uses the control system deadband to control the agricultural machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventor: William D. French, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10234837
    Abstract: Sensor signal values, indicative of a performance metric, are received and recorded over a given time period. The sensor signal values are aggregated, and a threshold signal value is identified based on the aggregated sensor signal value. A set of control signals, for controlling subsystems on the mobile machine, are generated based on the identified threshold signal value, and the subsystems are controlled based upon the control signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventor: William D. French, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9961831
    Abstract: A sensor generates a sensor signal indicative of a sensed variable. A first filter is applied to the sensor signal, and filters the sensor signal based on a first set of sensor data, to generate a first filtered signal. A second filter is applied to the sensor signal, based on a second set of sensor data that is greater than the first set of sensor data, to generate a second filtered sensor signal. The first and second filtered sensor signals are compared to generate a control signal that can be used to control a controllable subsystem of a mobile machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventor: William D. French, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20180116112
    Abstract: A sensor generates a sensor signal indicative of a sensed variable. A first filter is applied to the sensor signal, and filters the sensor signal based on a first set of sensor data, to generate a first filtered signal. A second filter is applied to the sensor signal, based on a second set of sensor data that is greater than the first set of sensor data, to generate a second filtered sensor signal. The first and second filtered sensor signals are compared to generate a control signal that can be used to control a controllable subsystem of a mobile machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventor: William D. French, JR.
  • Patent number: 9807932
    Abstract: A set of sensor inputs are received in an agricultural machine. The sensor inputs are indicative of sensed or measured variables. A probabilistic control system probabilistically infers values for another set of variables and generates a set of control signals based on the probabilistically inferred values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: William D. French, Jr., Aaron J. Bruns, Janos Kis
  • Publication number: 20170094901
    Abstract: A set of sensor inputs are received in an agricultural machine. The sensor inputs are indicative of sensed or measured variables. A probabilistic control system probabilistically infers values for another set of variables and generates a set of control signals based on the probabilistically inferred values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: William D. French, JR., Aaron J. Bruns, Janos Kis
  • Publication number: 20170090445
    Abstract: Sensor signal values, indicative of a performance metric, are received and recorded over a given time period. The sensor signal values are aggregated, and a threshold signal value is identified based on the aggregated sensor signal value. A set of control signals, for controlling subsystems on the mobile machine, are generated based on the identified threshold signal value, and the subsystems are controlled based upon the control signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventor: William D. French, JR.
  • Publication number: 20170083035
    Abstract: Power consumption is sensed for individual subsystems of an agricultural machine. Visual indicia are generated, that are indicative of the sensed power consumption, for each individual subsystem. A user interface mechanism is controlled to display the visual indicia, indicating power consumption of the individual subsystems on the harvesting machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventor: William D. French, JR.
  • Publication number: 20170083006
    Abstract: In an agricultural machine, sensor signal variability is identified, over a period of time. A control system deadband is identified, based upon the sensor signal variability. A control system uses the control system deadband to control the agricultural machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventor: William D. French, JR.